The field guide · Colour and dye
Sormei سرمهای
Sormei (سرمهای) is Persian for the colour of sormeh, the kohl drawn round the eyes: a dark blue verging on black. The Amid dictionary defines it as a dark colour mixed of black and blue, and dictionaries give it for navy blue. In rug descriptions it names a navy ground or border. It names the colour, not the dye.
Also sormeh-i · sormeii · navy blue · kohl blue
See also Lajevardi, Nili, Indigo
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